Saddam Hussein aide Ezzat al-Douri killed in Iraq - Iraqi governor

BEIRUT, April 17 (Reuters) - A prominent former aide to late
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, Ezzat al-Douri, has been killed
in a wide-scale military operation, the governor of Salahuddin
province told al-Arabiya television.

The station showed a photo of dead man, who looked similar
to al-Douri, also believed to be mastermind of the insurgency
against the current Shi'ite-led government.
(Reporting by Mariam Karouny and Samia Nakhoul; Writing by
Oliver Holmes; editing by John Stonestreet)